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These days, you need only turn on your phone or open up a laptop to gain access to video game news, reviews and footage, but back in the pre-internet early ’90s, you either had magazines or GamesMaster. For those of you outside the UK, that name might not mean anything, but trust us, it was amazing<\/em>. GamesMaster was a conduit to a world of video game news and features, presented by the one and only Dominik Diamond \u2013 the undisputed master of the double entendre.<\/p>\n

GamesMaster ran from 1992 to 1998, and spawned a best-selling magazine to boot. Now, two fans are aiming to chart the history of the show on an episode-by-episode basis. Luke Owen<\/a> and Ash Versus<\/a> are the dynamic duo behind the excellent Under Consoletation Podcast<\/a>, which is running through each series in chronological order.<\/p>\n

Keen to know more about this noble venture, we tracked the pair down for a quick chat.<\/p>\n

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Nintendo Life: Can you give us some background on yourselves? What’s your gaming history, and what jobs do you do ‘in the real world’?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Luke:<\/strong> In the real world, I\u2019m a writer and presenter for a wrestling YouTube channel called WrestleTalk<\/a> and host their podcast, and I also wrote the book Lights, Camera, GAME OVER!: How Video Game Movies Get Made<\/a>. As for my gaming history, my older brother had a Commodore which I played a bit, but my first console was the Mega Drive in 1991, when I got Sonic The Hedgehog<\/a><\/strong>, Taz-Mania<\/strong>, Castle of Illusion<\/strong> and Quackshot<\/strong>. From there I was hooked! I think I got my Game Boy the following Christmas with Tetris<\/a><\/strong> and Super Mario Land<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ash:<\/strong> I\u2019m an IT Contractor by day, but also moonlight as an events organiser and part-time Technical Director for Pro Wrestling: EVE<\/a>. Unfortunately, I\u2019ve not written a book, but I have<\/em> read Luke’s. As for my gaming history? It started with an Amstrad CPC 464 and being terrified by Roland on the Ropes<\/strong>. It then escalated to the Game Boy, which was my first taste of \u2018console\u2019 gaming. This would lead me to the Super Nintendo and even though I\u2019ve strayed to Sega and Sony, I think I\u2019m still a Nintendo kid at heart. At school, Luke and I would have been on opposing sides of the “Playground Wars”.<\/p>\n